“Wearing real diamonds was amazing. It was one of those things where I’ve never had that type of piece of jewelry and I wanted something special on my wedding day,” said Ford, who is a former Miss Florida USA.

If you’re ever going to wear real diamonds at an event, the day to do so is your wedding day, she said.

Of course, no fairytale wedding would be complete without a spectacular wedding cake, but elaborate fondant cakes can easily cost $1,000 and much more. That’s why most of Ford’s wasn’t real.

“I saw the design, but the only way I could afford the cake was to make a fake cake. So, the cake for the most part was Styrofoam, which we saved for ourselves for our first-year anniversary,” Ford said. “The bottom layer had a portion that was real so that we could cut into it, but the rest of it was Styrofoam.”

One Miami bride rented hers from cakerentals.com for $225 – and her husband loved the idea because guests were actually served Publix cake, his favorite. The faux cakes come with a secret compartment stuffed with real cake so the couple can take that perfect picture.

“This is in fact a secret when it comes to your wedding guests and yourself,” she said.

The process is seamless, said Morales, who urged people to embrace using such cakes.

“Because you can save hundreds of dollars that you can utilize somewhere else in your wedding,” she said.

The wedding planner said one of the easiest and best ways to save is not a new idea.

Morales said to rethink inviting all of your coworkers, because they might not even be in your life for very long. She said the smaller the guest list, the more you can do with the money you saved – including giving yourself a fabulous honeymoon.